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5-37-505. Insurance fraud by use of a procurer.
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5-37-505. Insurance fraud by use of a procurer.
(a) As used in this section and § 5-37-506:
(1)(A) “Procurer” means a person or entity that for pecuniary benefit procures or attempts to procure a client, patient, or customer by directly contacting the client, patient, or customer in person, by telephone, or by electronic means at the direction of, request of, employment of, or in cooperation with a provider.
(B) “Procurer” does not include a provider or a person that procures or attempts to procure a client, patient, or customer for a provider through public media or a person that refers a client, patient, or customer to a provider as otherwise authorized by law;
(2) “Provider” means:
(A) An attorney;
(B) A healthcare provider; or
(C) An employee of a provider; and
(3) “Public media” means telephone directories, professional directories, newspapers and other periodicals, radio and television, billboards, and mailed or electronically transmitted written or visual communications that do not involve in-person or direct contact with a specific prospective client, patient, or customer.
(b) A person commits the offense of insurance fraud by use of a procurer if:
(1) He or she is a procurer or provider; and
(2) For the purpose of defrauding an insured person or an insurance carrier, he or she knowingly:
(A) Falsely represents the services to be provided to an actual or prospective client, patient, or customer;
(B) Makes a misrepresentation, including without limitation affiliation with an insurance company, a law enforcement agency, or a governing board of a healthcare provider while procuring or attempting to procure a client, patient, or customer; or
(C) Uses, solicits, directs, hires, or employs another person to act as a procurer to falsely repr
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-37-505
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5-37-505. Insurance fraud by use of a procurer.
(a) As used in this section and § 5-37-506:
(1)(A) “Procurer” means a person or entity that for pecuniary benefit procures or attempts to procure a client, patient, or customer by directly contacting the client, patient, or customer in person, by telephone, or by electronic means at the direction of, request of, employment of, or in cooperation with a provider.
(B) “Procurer” does not include a provider or a person that procures or attempts to procure a client, patient, or customer for a provider through public media or a person that refers a client, patient, or customer to a provider as otherwise authorized by law;
(2) “Provider” means:
(A) An attorney;
(B) A healthcare provider; or
(C) An employee of a provider; and
(3) “Public media” means telephone directories, professional directories, newspapers and other periodicals, radio and television, billboards, and mailed or electronically transmitted written or visual communications that do not involve in-person or direct contact with a specific prospective client, patient, or customer.
(b) A person commits the offense of insurance fraud by use of a procurer if:
(1) He or she is a procurer or provider; and
(2) For the purpose of defrauding an insured person or an insurance carrier, he or she knowingly:
(A) Falsely represents the services to be provided to an actual or prospective client, patient, or customer;
(B) Makes a misrepresentation, including without limitation affiliation with an insurance company, a law enforcement agency, or a governing board of a healthcare provider while procuring or attempting to procure a client, patient, or customer; or
(C) Uses, solicits, directs, hires, or employs another person to act as a procurer to falsely represent the services to be provided to an actual or prospective client, patient, or customer.
(c) Insurance fraud by use of a procurer or provider is a Class D felony.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-37-506. Prohibited activity by a procurer or provider.
(a) A person commits the offense of prohibited activity by a procurer or provider if:
(1) The person is a procurer and he or she knowingly:
(A) Offers or gives anything of value to a person in order to cause the person to seek medical care from a specific healthcare provider; or
(B) Solicits a person currently under the care of a chiropractic physician to seek care from another chiropractic physician; or
(2) The person is a provider and he or she knowingly permits a procurer that he or she uses, directs, or employs to engage in conduct prohibited by subdivision (a)(1) of this section.
(b) Prohibited activity by a procurer or provider is a Class D felony.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-37-506
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-37-506. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.